Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2022) Review | Absolute Power, But Portable!

Reviewing the Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z, a 2022 update of this beefy 16-inch gaming laptop boasting Intel's 12th Generation Core i9 12900H chipset and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics. The ROG Zephyrus M16 2022 is one of the most powerful gamer notebooks right now, despite sporting a slender, portable design. I've been testing it for a week and here's how good it is for gaming, plus benchmarks and the usual treatment.
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With that meaty i9 platform on board, plus the 3080 Nvidia GPU, the Zephyrus M16 2022 can blaze through any AAA title out there. You've got a 16-inch IPS 165Hz display for a clear, crisp view of the action, plus a six speaker setup (that isn't as impressive admittedly).
Asus' Armoury Crate is again on board to turbo boost the performance and get the most gaming power from the Zephyrus M16. Connectivity is strong and battery life is one of the only obvious weaknesses.
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603Z Review Chapters:
0:00 - What's been upgraded for 2022?
0:50 - Design
2:24 - Connectivity
3:08 - Webcam
3:48 - Keyboard
4:25 - Display & audio
6:32 - Asus Armoury Crate
7:05 - Performance & gaming
9:02 - Benchmarking
9:52 - Battery life
10:19 - Verdict

[@tippitytop]

Gotta hand it to you for making the screens look fire with your wallpapers

[@SublimeOrange]

It would be great to know battery life numbers for casual working, not gaming. Don’t think anyone expect it to last long while playing Doom - who would do it anyway..? - but if you can squeeze at least 7 hours of Word & Chrome out of a single charge, then we’re talking about some decent versatility here! Or not, if not, and it is sadly just another mobile desktop.

[@OceanofStarsVR]

Working with Blender & Unity I Managed to squeeze 2 hours 32mins each time. KZbin, netflix streaming about 4 hours All of this was on battery performance mode

[@taylorb4548]

I wanna say my FHD 12th gen i7 model from Bestbuy was doing about 7 hours on conservative power usage. It was better than I thought it’d be.

[@sayemkhan2530]

dont even think about playing video games without power ahha lol

[@jonathanjellison466]

I wouldn't recommend ever using Chrome when trying to get a lot of battery life out of your laptop. Chrome has been known to be extremely draining to the batteries, but other reviews I've watched have gotten around 7-9 hours of productivity with this laptop

[@nileredsexperiment834]

You should always plug in if your going to play games on your laptop lol.

[@realmechatronics4771]

Awesome review ✌️🤘👌👍❤️‍🔥

[@RenderingsToTheMAX]

nice video...I just got the machine and didn't really know much about it! LOL! Just saw ROG and fanboy bought it hoping it was good...I didn't even know it had a muck switch so thanks! Your video was a "soft" tutorial for me! I just know it runs Elden Ring like a boss...that's why I got it!

[@gerardomartin7895]

Hi, im doubting between this and the msi raider ge66 (i9 12900hk and rtx 3080) mainly for work. There is an offer and the price is similar. Which one do you think is better choice? Im worried about the limitations in the Asus. Thanks!

[@k.o.t.o.n.]

Thank dude, but more improtant, how does it perform in battery, and in 100w c pd charging compared to 240w ac plug? We would like that comp both in 3d modelling davinnchi resolve timeleine and rendering lightroom photoshop and gaming too. thats the main thing nobody compares laptops on these 3 power sorces, but very important.

[@marvinmahehu1848]

Any concerns with the hot air blowing on the screen?

[@carljj7942]

Very nice introduction ;)

[@eltoro4891]

What about office work like outlook and webbrowsing and battery time for that? I would like to game on it but also work on it.

[@evandrofernandes5300]

Does this model has WAKE ON AC function? i´ve been searching the entire BIOS for this and couldn´t find anything

[@iDontLookAtTags333]

You should make a video on best budget laptop so far in 2022

[@ukaszjanczak5840]

This laptop does NOT have individually addressable RGB on the keyboard! There is only 1 (one) zone which is the whole keyboard at once.

[@pulinskyd]

Is soft touch finish a problem in long run?

[@negig2161]

Chris bro u should've been a pro gamer too from the looks of what u were doing on Doom eternal nightmare settings

[@PostSasso]

What size is the power brick?

[@BOSS_1417]

Please review ROG x16 flow miniled too

[@rickyspenech6984]

I have the same Laptop and ist Maximum Multi Core Score in Cinebench is 14K. What is wrong how can i change that. Before this I got another asus m16 with a 12900h and a 3080 it and it Only scored 9k Are these Laptops shipped broken?

[@holyknight9507]

I usually watch your videos cause of the anime wallpapers lol

[@EmuEmuchu]

hope Anime matrix gets more attention I really like that feature

[@BK-jc9xj]

I have the older M16 it's a total beast. better than my desktop gtx by a mile.

[@mohammedomar1870]

Does the keyboard gets warm and hot when you use it for several hours?

[@kylezo]

Whats the TGP man??

[@gcardinal]

Can you game on max without the charger?

[@zymh2433]

i do really like that machine. All i worry about is the airflow direction to screen.

[@kensuiki6791]

And the money.

[@kristofferrer]

@@kensuiki6791 the Zephyrus G15 503 (2022) is the AMD equivalent. It has all specs the same but using the Ryzen 9. So if you're a gamer, then this might be a better options (still on the pricy end but not as much M16). G15 (2022) also has a better battery life owing processor efficiencies. The screen on the G15 is smaller because it uses the 16:9 aspect ratio, and also has a better refresh rate 244hz G15 vs the 165hz on the M16. If you're a compiler/programmer/content creator you should go for an intel CPU (M16), you'll get more satisfaction with intel.

[@Xardimods]

Don't worry. So far I haven't seen anyone have a problem with that area of ​​the laptop.

[@k.o.t.o.n.]

Do anybody have any idea, how i could make this laptop touch cpable 10 point whilw maintaining the colour accuracy, and do not put more reflection on it than an m1 max macbook has?

[@rptbr]

3:02 Is that a Pixel 6a I spy in the background?

[@DEADMONEY_]

what wallpaper is that?

[@sicariokindman2566]

Please review 2022 rog strix scar 17 SE

[@mike-kp9yi]

Top 5 2in1 convertible laptops

[@fuego123]

Can i upgrade ram to 32gb i thibk i missed that

[@sidsuri7071]

my budget is $2000 +/- $100 help plssss i am confused between asus m16 rtx3070ti and asus strix scar 15 3070 ti

[@noel.sk03]

If youre using "Optimized" mode in Armoury Crate, the laptop will turn off the RTX gpu completely when in Battery mode. i would rather play with the Iris Xe GPU and have much more battery life.

[@butai2116]

I see someone's looking forward to Persona 5 Royal coming to PC

[@asan1050]

Thanks

[@jokast8861]

Meanwhile im still usin my 2019 rog strix g

[@yeskay7]

9:12 Trouser Rousing Results! 🤣

[@QuikModsOBS]

what is the best version?

[@armughanaslam9132]

3060 since most likely upper models are throttled hard by tdp.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

Soldered memory makes this a no-go, especially for the base model.

[@GATEKEEPER351]

Nice

[@khoirulanam9141]

rtx 3080 ti version hard to find where did you get it?

[@tomwilkins2422]

overclockers uk

[@akhilchowdary1450]

Hey bro

[@dharmesh8451]

I'm very confused between M16(2022) and G15(2022) My concern is if I choose the M16 does the heating issue will slowly make laptop worsen in upcoming years or it can be managed by keeping a cooling pad? And with G15 this year's amd performance was not better than Intel.But Intel have the heating issue so what should I buy? And the 300nits display is enough? Because most of the time i used to do my work inside my home. So what's your opinion?

[@millenialmusings8451]

i'm not even a gamer but i got the 2022 m16 for $2k usd. i want to be able to squeeze atleast good 4-5 years out of this machine. my previous machine was a 2018 macbook air which i used for 3 years.

[@Ol7ma]

I'm also confused between these two laptops, However after 1 month of deciding I'm thinking now of the m16 one and that's fits me for my use. I want a laptop that is absolutely perfect for work and also perfect for gaming and the m16 is the choice here because of intel's super performance than the g15 which have AMD that's not really that good for the new 9's cpu. The g15 is perfect for whom that wants a laptop mostly for gaming, because it dosen't give you a good performance like intel's on other stuff. As for the m16 I think when your turn the AC on and having a cooling pad would be very enough to the laptop heating even maybe by the upcoming years, So afterall it depends on your use. In my country m16 is really expensive 3k and I'm about to have in november.

[@agungmarpaung6366]

​@@Ol7maafter 5 months how was it? The thermals and gaming?

[@Ol7ma]

​@@agungmarpaung6366 The performance is absolutely fantastic, amazing the laptop is pc alternative, however it has a really high temperature, the highest degree I saw was 90 and that's really high, for what I know cars machine temp is 80 and that's really a joke😭. I manage heating by using a cooling pad that have a lever and it is reducing heat like 10 percent's and that's good. Also a very loud fan noise it get's really annoying but if you ware a headphones you won't hear it. My only complain is heating and fan noise, other than that it is amazing and worthy.

[@Ol7ma]

@@agungmarpaung6366 Also I'm playing with a ps5 controller but if you play using a keyboard I don't think you can manage to honestly, you probably should buy another keyboard because of heating.

[@topcat1541]

how much

[@expentineeinstein2817]

What is the anime in the wallpaper?

[@Shisagami]

Ist a game called persona 5. Pretty good game

[@EmuEmuchu]

Persona also has an anime

[@5ll3x]

Hello gorgeous!

[@JedBullet]

The three and a half grand in blighty currency. But... Is it "splash resistant". Humm yeahhh lmao

[@JedBullet]

Is that you Chris below with the telegram me reply? Wary of bot, unless it's perfectly formed 😘

[@martinday7365]

Please can you recommend me a gaming laptop budget is 1600£

[@JedBullet]

Chris, ignore, it's clearly a trolling bot replying to everyone to "hit me up on telegram"

[@tiger8281]

Wow 😯😯😯😯

[@santifalos]

Okay

[@bezdekroland]

its a shit laptop... my m16 die after 1 mounth... dont buy this laptop ;)

[@GaroSlayer]

What happened to it?

[@bezdekroland]

@@GaroSlayer overheath and crash the videocard, and im not alone. Asus Romania call me after 2 weeks if i want to repair the laptop or i want my money back, i chuse the money. And sorry for my bad english :)

[@samio2944]

Check out macbook air m2

[@marshalgeorgeshine482]

Second sadly 😃

[@mikhailkirton8072]

Nah

[@caxzrockz]

I want a gaming laptop recommend me one for £1500 to £2000.

[@rizZ4bh]

A £2000 Gaming Laptop.

[@Professional_Dumbass_]

@@rizZ4bh big brain

[@emmanuelbraimoh8285]

...or a £2,600 gaming laptop...something slim but powerful

[@REPSOL2393]

Can we convert into 3090???

[@sidsuri7071]

my budget is $2000 +/- $100 help plssss i am confused between asus m16 rtx3070ti and lenovo legion 5i pro